The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian LifeMacmillan, 1891 - 312 páginas |
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... Wildduck ? " inquired the overseer ; she been doing now ? " 66 " what's Why , run away all over the country and ... Wild- duck pulled off the saddle , which she placed , cantle down- ward , against the fence , so as to permit the ...
... Wildduck ? " inquired the overseer ; she been doing now ? " 66 " what's Why , run away all over the country and ... Wild- duck pulled off the saddle , which she placed , cantle down- ward , against the fence , so as to permit the ...
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... Wildduck ran away from a travelling mob of cattle , " answered Hawkesbury . " She's a smart gin when she's away from grog , and a stunner at cutting out on a camp . " That day passed in an exhaustive general tour round the run . Mounted ...
... Wildduck ran away from a travelling mob of cattle , " answered Hawkesbury . " She's a smart gin when she's away from grog , and a stunner at cutting out on a camp . " That day passed in an exhaustive general tour round the run . Mounted ...
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... Wildduck's mission had apparently been successful . The old mare was making off from the men's hut in a compara- tively exhausted state , while a chorus of voices , accented with the pervading British oath , told of the arrival of a ...
... Wildduck's mission had apparently been successful . The old mare was making off from the men's hut in a compara- tively exhausted state , while a chorus of voices , accented with the pervading British oath , told of the arrival of a ...
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... Wildduck , rode silently along the indistinct trail which led " out back . " There was a good deal of smoking and but little talk for the first hour . After that time converse became more general , and the pace was improved at a ...
... Wildduck , rode silently along the indistinct trail which led " out back . " There was a good deal of smoking and but little talk for the first hour . After that time converse became more general , and the pace was improved at a ...
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... Wildduck . We've improved the country . " Here the stockmen grinned . " Besides , you and old man Jack would go and knock it down . You ain't particular to a few glasses of grog , you know , Wildduck . " " White fellow learn us that ...
... Wildduck . We've improved the country . " Here the stockmen grinned . " Besides , you and old man Jack would go and knock it down . You ain't particular to a few glasses of grog , you know , Wildduck . " " White fellow learn us that ...
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